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Approximate Reading Time: 10 minutes(Click here for the podcast version of this article) We are slaves to our phones. According to a 2016 study, the average person uses their phone 76 times every day, while the more obsessed users can average up to 132 sessions on their phone. Most surprisingly, the most common time to pick up our phones […]
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Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Three people hear a news story about an oil spill in the ocean. Joe is a conspiracy theorist and suspects the U.S. government sank the boat to make prices rise. Sarah is
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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you aren’t subscribed to my podcast, just search Onward in the Faith on your favorite podcast app and get each new episode sent directly to your device. In the meantime, here are my recent episodes where I reflect on what we can learn from fallen leaders in the Christian community.
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Approximate Reading Time: 29 minutes(A note to regular readers: this article is just the collection of all the shorter articles I’ve written about the topic. I’m posting it for those who want to read the full discussion in a single location). The Christian community continues to lose prominent figures in America. As each year goes by, more men and
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Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe sin of any Christian causes us to mourn. When a secret life is revealed, and a Christian leader has been found to be abusing others, it causes us outrage. When the whole world is given an opportunity to mock Christianity because of that gross sin, we may not know how to react. Do we
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) If there’s one thing that’s consistent about everything I’ve discussed in this series, it’s this: there’s a fundamental flaw with how we desire to have a small group of celebrities be our
The need for “bottom-up” discipleship (Part 7 of Reflecting on Fallen Leaders) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Promises are an important part of our lives. From businesses to friends, we all rely on a level of promises and guarantees more than we may realize. Yet when we fully understand
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) What’s the point of the life we live? What direction do we point our feet when we take steps towards our greatest desire in life? Between now and our eternity with God,
The Lifelong Need for Purity (Part 6 of Reflecting on Fallen Leaders) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. (James 3:1) Whenever I think about how a teacher falls into sin so
The Terrifying Responsibility of Teaching (Part 5 of Reflecting on Fallen Leaders) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority (John Dalberg-Acton, 1887) Why do those with the